The condemned apartment block was built by Coalport Building Company Limited and not Tom Mc Feely, he said.

"I am one of two developers in Priory Hall and the other developer has not been mentioned," said Mr McFeely.

Mr McFeely said his COMI was not in Ireland and claimed that he had not earned a living in Ireland "for years" because of the impact of the recession on the construction industry.

"Everybody knows that there isn't any place in Ireland for builders or developers over the last five years," he told the High Court.

Mr McFeely said the only reason Ms McGuinness sought his bankruptcy in Ireland was to give him more punishment than he already had.

"The only thing that really needs to be defined here is where I earned my living over the past number of years," Mr McFeely told the High Court.

Mr McFeely took issue with the fact that it had been revealed in earlier proceedings that his children attended private schools in Dublin.

"Does somebody have a problem with my children attending decent schools or can somebody tell me what it has to do with my COMI?" asked Mr McFeely.

"This is just a snide remark," he said.

"Honest to God, at the moment I am not a wealthy person. I am oppressed, I can't afford it (to go to court)," he told Judge Dunne.

Judge Dunne told Mr McFeely that he was "confined" to his affidavit (sworn court papers) after he made certain allegations against Ms McGuinness that were not contained in his original statement grounding his bankruptcy appeal.

Mr McFeely has accused Ms McGuinness of a series of "lies" including claims that he had earned a living in Ireland in the last number of years.

Mr McFeely claimed that he had produced a UK driving licence that was treated "as a stroke" from the time he was living in Manchester with a niece and other family members.

He wants to cross examine Ms McGuinness, but Judge Dunne told the developer that he had failed to bring an application to do so.

"I didn't think it was ever too late for justice," said Mr McFeely who accepted that he had to serve notice on Ms McGuinness if he wanted to quiz her about her evidence.

Mr McFeely also complained that he was a victim of "bigotry".

"The fact that I am from the North of Ireland should not matter at all," said Mr McFeely who said he had not witnessed such "sheer bigotry" against him, not even in Northern Ireland.